Chapter 15: Interloper (1/2)
Chapter Fifteen: Interloper
The burly man from the Cloudsoaring sect walked out from the clamoring crowd to stand next to Nie Tian. Brow slightly furrowed, he looked over at Yuan Qiuying and her husband and said, “Grown-ups shouldn’t interfere in the scuffles of children, right?”
“Who are you?” Yuan Qiuying asked, growing increasingly angry. “How dare you lecture me?”
Yun Zhiguo took a close look at the burly man before his expression flickered subtly, and he subconsciously pulled on Yuan Qiuying’s garment. “Li Fan?”
Li Fan gave a loud harrumph. “Indeed, it’s me, Li Fan.”
The anxious Nie Qian seemed to have heard of his name. The moment she learned the burly man in front of her was Li Fan from the Cloudsoaring sect, her eyes instantly glittered with joy.
“Mr. Li, please administer justice!” she pled.
Li Fan nodded and casually said, “You go ahead and take the boy home. I’d love to see if anyone dares to stop you!”
As domineering as Yuan Qiuying had always been in Black Cloud City, after hearing that this was Li Fan, she immediately cooled down.
She didn’t have the courage to argue with someone like him. Instead, she glared at Nie Qian and Nie Tian with cold and resentful eyes.
“Little Tian, let’s go.” Nie Qian grabbed Nie Tian and quickly dragged him away from the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion, without giving him any opportunity to speak.
As he was being pulled away, Nie Tian kept turning his head back to look at Yuan Qiuying, Yun Zhiguo, and Li Fan.
“Auntie, who is that Li Fan?” he asked. “Why do that evil woman and all those people from the Yun clan fear him?”
“Li Fan is a disciple of the master of Cloudsoaring sect,” Nie Qian explained quietly, “and is also a Greater Heaven stage Qi warrior. Even if the head of the Yun clan, Yun Meng, was here, he wouldn’t dare to mess with him either.”
“The Greater Heaven stage!” Nie Tian exclaimed in his heart.
Based on his knowledge, Yun Meng of the Yun clan had only just entered the Greater Heaven stage.
Having reached that stage, he had already become one of the most influential persons in Black Cloud City, which was why the Yun clan currently overshadowed the Nie clan in Black Cloud City.
As a Greater Heaven stage Qi warrior and a disciple of the master of the Cloudsoaring sect, Li Fan had a huge edge over Yun Meng in both status and strength.
Yun Zhiguo obviously didn’t dare to let Yuan Qiuying do anything rash in face of such status and strength, so he could only give in.
“This time, it’s really our good fortune that Mr. Li happened to be here. Otherwise, Yuan Qiuying would definitely not have let this go so easily. I know her too well.” Nie Qian secretly rejoiced. “You naughty boy, always getting into trouble. If Yuan Qiuying wants to bitch about me, just ignore her and leave her be. Over the years, she has said every possible mean thing she could to me, but I’m still here, aren’t I?
“It’s not like words can cause actual damage. Endure it momentarily and then it’s over.
“You should focus your energy on cultivation. Only if you can break through into the ninth level of Qi Refining by the age of fifteen, and become a real disciple of the Cloudsoaring sect, will you have a chance to seek justice for all the humiliation I’ve received.”
“Auntie, please rest assured,” Nie Tian replied firmly. “I won’t let you down!”
Smiling, Nie Qian said, “Auntie has faith in you. However, the way you talked back to that slut Yuan Qiuying was actually quite delightful to hear.”
“Hahaha!” Nie Tian also burst into laughter.
Just as Nie Qian and Nie Tian were leaving, the little girl who had been standing by Li Fan caught up with them and stared at Nie Qian closely, her shrewd eyes glittering brightly. “Hi, what’s your name?”
Having just defeated Yun Song, Nie Tian was in a good mood, so he answered casually with a smile on his face. “My name is Nie Tian.”
The little girl with bright eyes and white teeth immediately offered her own name. “I’m Jiang Lingzhu. How did you beat that boy?”
Nie Qian’s expression flickered. “Family name ‘Jiang’ and given name ‘Lingzhu’…” she thought. Her eyes glittered strange light as she cast another glance at the little girl.
“You mean that little punk named Yun Song?” Chuckling, Nie Tian shook his head and said, “Nothing special. He’s too weak. That’s all.”
“He’s too weak?” Jiang Lingzhu also laughed. “Aren’t you the weak one? His cultivation base is higher than yours by three full levels!”
“Who said the one with a higher cultivation base would surely win a battle?” At first, Nie Tian seemed surprised, but then turned his chin up arrogantly. “Ever since I was little, my opponents have always had higher cultivation levels, but eventually I knocked every single one of them to the ground.”
“Wow, that’s pretty incredible!” Jiang Lingzhu became even more interested. “So, you’re definitely going to enter the Cloudsoaring sect, right?”
“Of course!” replied Nie Tian, full of confidence.
Jiang Lingzhu smiled. “Hahaha, hopefully you can be invited into the Cloudsoaring sect like Nie Xian.”
“You bet I will.” Nie Tian wasn’t modest in the slightest.
“You’re quite the character Nie Tian. I’ll remember you.” Jiang Lingzhu waved goodbye and skipped back toward Li Fan. As she did, she turned to look back at Nie Tian and said, “My name is Jiang Lingzhu. Keep that in mind. We’ll meet again some time.”